MEDIA RELEASE
Zurich / Frankfurt am Main, September 11, 2012 - John Hathaway, Falcon Gold Equity UCITS Fund Manager, wins three gold medals at the Sauren Golden Awards in the category Equity Gold Mines. The Sauren Golden Awards explicitly acknowledge outstanding management services.
Sauren Fonds Research AG has recently announced in Frankfurt its prestigious and renowned awards on the occasion of the Sauren Golden Awards 2012. Sauren assesses fund managers through interviews, and only the most promising ones receive an award, the highest of which is three gold medals.
John Hathaway of Tocqueville Asset Management L.P. has over 40 years of professional investment experience and manages one of the most successful and award winning gold mutual funds in the US which has consistently delivered a top performance in its category. Since August 10, 2012 John Hathaway has been managing the newly launched Falcon Gold Equity UCITS Fund in Luxembourg available for public distribution in Luxembourg, Germany, Austria and Singapore (restricted). The Falcon Gold Equity UCITS Fund invests in securities of companies located throughout the world that are engaged in mining or processing gold. A part of the net assets of the Fund can be invested in companies that mine or process other precious metals, gems or colored metals.
"We congratulate John Hathaway for this outstanding achievement and are delighted that with John and his team, we were able to gain an extraordinarily competent and charismatic gold expert for our new fund," said Eduardo Leemann, CEO of Falcon Private Bank.
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TOCQUEVILLE ASSET MANAGEMENT, L.P. is an entrepreneurial, employee-owned limited partnership that focuses exclusively on growing and preserving its clients' long-term capital. Tocqueville invests alongside its clients and therefore has more than a professional interest in producing results that meet and exceed expectations.
FALCON PRIVATE BANK LTD. is an experienced Swiss private bank specialized in wealth management for private clients, wealthy families and institutional investors. Its clients all over the world enjoy the benefits of over 40 years of experience in Swiss private banking and the financial strength and solidity of its owner aabar Investments PJS. Falcon Private Bank has branches and representative offices in Geneva, Hong Kong, Singapore, Abu Dhabi and Dubai. Falcon Private Bank also holds 42.5% of bank zweiplus; the other 57.5% is owned by controlling shareholder Bank Sarasin & Cie.
AABAR INVESTMENTS PJS is a global investment company investing across industry sectors in attractive opportunities with significant long-term growth potential. International Petroleum Investment Company, an Investment company wholly owned by the Government of Abu Dhabi, owns 95,3 % of the shares in aabar.
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Falcon Private Bank Ltd.
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